e-News for Tax Professionals 2022-44

The IRS issued three notices asking for comments on different aspects of extensions and enhancements of energy tax benefits in the Inflation Reduction Act. Deadline to provide comment is Dec. 3.

2.??IRS Independent Office of Appeals? 2023 priorities focus on taxpayer service

The IRS Independent Office of Appeals released its focus guide for fiscal year 2023. The focus guide outlines the taxpayer service initiatives you can expect over the coming year. Appeals is taking important steps to expand communications with external stakeholders and to improve taxpayer access to Appeals.

3.??IRS Criminal Investigation releases FY2022 annual report

In fiscal year 2022, IRS Criminal Investigation initiated more than 2,550 criminal investigations, identified more than $31 billion from tax and financial crimes and obtained a 90.6% conviction rate on cases accepted for prosecution. The IRS-CI FY22 annual report details these statistics, as well as important partnerships and significant criminal enforcement actions from the past fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, 2021, and ended Sept. 30, 2022. This news release is also available in Spanish and Simplified Chinese.

4.??Webinars for tax practitioners

Tax pros: Here are some upcoming webinars for the tax practitioner community. For more information or to register, visit IRS.gov.

Circular 230: Practicing ?Inside the Lines? throughout the Tax Engagement Lifecycle on Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. EST. Earn up to 2 CE credits.
Quarterly Update: Program & Policy Updates from SBA, DCEO, IRS, SBAC on Dec. 15 from 10 ? 11:15 a.m. EST.
2023 IRS/CSEA Practitioner Seminars on Jan. 18-19, 2023. Earn up to 9 hours of IRS qualified CPE (includes 2 hours of federal Ethics). Plus an additional 1 hour of California CE (no IRS credit).

5.??Technical Guidance

Notice 2022-56 requests comments related to the qualified commercial clean vehicles provisions under section 45W and the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit under section 30C of the Internal Revenue Code. Comments received in response to this notice will help to inform development of guidance implementing sections 30C and 45W, following enactment of Public Law 117-169, 136 Stat. 1818 (Aug. 16, 2022), commonly known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA).

Notice 2022-57 requests comments related to the credit for carbon oxide sequestration under section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code. Comments received in response to this notice will help to inform development of guidance implementing section 45Q, following enactment of Public Law 117-169, 136 Stat. 1818 (Aug. 16, 2022), commonly known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA).

Notice 2022-58 requests comments related to the credit for the production of clean hydrogen under section 45V and the clean fuel production credit under section 45Z of the Internal Revenue Code. Comments received in response to this notice will help to inform development of guidance implementing sections 45V and 45Z, following enactment of Public Law 117-169, 136 Stat. 1818 (Aug. 16, 2022), commonly known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA).

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